POST not allowed (was Re: Location problems)

[Igor Sysoev]

On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 10:05:17AM +0000, Igor Clark wrote:

> Thanks Igor. I just tried this and it allows it through, but it  
> appears to the upstream as a GET. It needs to be a POST as it has  
> multipart/form-data. Any thoughts?

The patch. It will be included in 0.6.27.

> cheers
> Igor
> 
> On 8 Mar 2008, at 20:06, Igor Sysoev wrote:
> 
> >On Thu, Mar 06, 2008 at 05:41:21PM +0000, Igor Clark wrote:
> >
> >>The following configuration is giving me 405 Not Allowed errors  
> >>when I
> >>try to POST to any URI.
> >>
> >>I'm guessing that it thinks the URLs are static, but I don't know  
> >>why.
> >
> >Try to change
> >
> >-	error_page	404	=	@...;
> >+ 	error_page	404 405	=	@...;
> >
> >>Example URI is /admin/clips/edit/63 - but I've tried posting to /  
> >>with
> >>the same result.
> >>
> >>Nothing is written to the error_log, even on "info" or "notice",
> >>though the 405 appears in access_log.
> >>
> >>I've tried it with fastcgi_intercept_errors and recursive_error_pages
> >>both off, with the same result.
> >>
> >>Any ideas on how to fix it would be very welcome.
> >>Thanks very much!
> >>Igor
> >>
> >>
> >>	server {
> >>		listen		80;
> >>		server_name	my.web.site;
> >>
> >>		access_log	/path/to/logs/access.log	main;
> >>		error_log	/path/to/logs/error.log		info;
> >>
> >>		root		/path/to/public;
> >>
> >>		# enable nginx to serve custom error pages
> >>		# on receiving HTTP error codes from back-end
> >>		fastcgi_intercept_errors	on;
> >>		recursive_error_pages		on;
> >>
> >>		# show custom error pages
> >>		error_page	403		/403.html;
> >>		error_page	404		/404.html;
> >>		error_page	500		/500.html;
> >>
> >>		# deny public access to frontend script
> >>		location /frontend.php	{
> >>			internal;
> >>		}
> >>
> >>		# deny public access to admin script
> >>		location /admin.php	{
> >>			internal;
> >>		}
> >>
> >>		# serve standard files standardly.
> >>		# if file not found, fall back to php app using (rewrite if
> >>neceessary) URL
> >>		location / {
> >>			rewrite	^/$				
> >>			/financethemes/index;
> >>			rewrite	^/speakers/((?!video).+)/?$	
> >>			/speakers/video/$1;
> >>			rewrite	^/financethemes/((?!video|index).+)/?$
> >>			/financethemes/video/ $1;
> >>			rewrite	^/transcripts/(speaker|theme)/(.+)/?$
> >>			/transcripts/view/ $1/$2;
> >>
> >>			error_page	404 =	@phpapp;
> >>		}
> >
> >You do not need these rewrite's, use location's.
> >The configuration is bigger, but it's much clearer and so it's  
> >scaleable:
> >you can easy add new locations without being afraid to break some  
> >rewrite.
> >
> >However, you may need to use some rewrite's in these locations if  
> >you need
> >to rewrite URI to pass into "location  ~ \.flv$" with changed URI to  
> >match
> >common root.
> >
> >		location = / {
> >			index		index;
> >	 		root		/path/to/public/financethemes;
> >			error_page	404 =	@phpapp;
> >		}
> >
> >		location / {
> >			error_page	404 =	@phpapp;
> >		}
> >
> >		location /speakers/ {
> >	 		alias		/path/to/public/speakers/video/;
> >			error_page	404 =	@phpapp;
> >		}
> >
> >		location /speakers/video/ {
> >			error_page	404 =	@phpapp;
> >		}
> >
> >		location /financethemes/ {
> >	 		alias		/path/to/public/financethemes/video/;
> >			error_page	404 =	@phpapp;
> >		}
> >
> >		location /financethemes/video/ {
> >			error_page	404 =	@phpapp;
> >		}
> >
> >		location /transcripts/theme/ {
> >	 		alias	 /path/to/public/transcripts/view/theme/;
> >			error_page	404 =	@phpapp;
> >		}
> >
> >		location /transcripts/speaker/ {
> >	 		alias	 /path/to/public/transcripts/view/speaker/;
> >			error_page	404 =	@phpapp;
> >		}
> >
> >>		# serve not found urls using /frontend.php script
> >>		location @phpapp {
> >>			fastcgi_pass	127.0.0.1:8888;
> >>			fastcgi_param	SCRIPT_FILENAME	
> >>			$document_root/frontend.php;
> >>			fastcgi_param	QUERY_STRING	 CONTROL_PATH=$uri;
> >>			include		conf/fastcgi_params
> >>		}
> >>
> >>		# IP-restrict anything under /admin
> >>		location /admin {
> >>			allow	1.2.3.4;
> >>			deny	all;
> >>
> >>			rewrite	^/admin/?$	/admin/clips/all;
> >>			
> >>			error_page	404 =	@adminapp;
> >>		}
> >>
> >>		# serve admin app using /admin.php;
> >>		location @adminapp {
> >>			fastcgi_pass	127.0.0.1:8888;
> >>			fastcgi_param	SCRIPT_FILENAME	
> >>			$document_root/admin.php;
> >>			fastcgi_param	QUERY_STRING	 CONTROL_PATH=$uri;
> >>			include		conf/fastcgi_params;
> >>		}
> >>
> >>		# use the FLV module for flv files
> >>		location ~ \.flv$ {
> >>			flv;
> >>		}
> >>
> >>		# deny access to .svn dirs
> >>		location ~ /\.svn {
> >>			deny	all;
> >>		}
> >>	}
> >>
> >
> >-- 
> >Igor Sysoev
> >http://sysoev.ru/en/
> >
> 
> --
> Igor Clark // POKE // 10 Redchurch Street // E2 7DD // +44 (0)20 7749  
> 5355 // www.pokelondon.com
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 

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Index: src/http/ngx_http_special_response.c
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--- src/http/ngx_http_special_response.c	(revision 1240)
+++ src/http/ngx_http_special_response.c	(working copy)
@@ -439,9 +439,6 @@
 
     r->err_status = err_page->overwrite;
 
-    r->method = NGX_HTTP_GET;
-    r->method_name = ngx_http_get_name;
-
     r->zero_in_uri = 0;
 
     args = NULL;
@@ -494,6 +491,10 @@
     }
 
     if (uri->data[0] == '/') {
+
+        r->method = NGX_HTTP_GET;
+        r->method_name = ngx_http_get_name;
+
         return ngx_http_internal_redirect(r, uri, args);
     }